PORTSMOUTH — For Christmas in 1961, Theresa Hadad of Portsmouth sent her sister Claudette Bisson’s family a card that read: “From our house to yours/Because folks like you/are a pleasure to know/there’s a holiday wish/and a great big hello/Merry Christmas!” One year later, Theresa received a familiar-looking card in the mail from Claudette, who lives…

PORTSMOUTH — If you want to catch a glimpse of Santa Claus before Christmas, you’ll have several opportunities to do so in town this Saturday, Dec. 20. A breakfast with Santa and Mrs. Claus will be held from 8 to 10 a.m. at Portsmouth United Methodist Church, 2732 East Main Road. Tickets are $5 per person…

EAST PROVIDENCE — City residents took advantage of beautiful weather over the weekend to begin hanging their Christmas lights, including the annual lighting ceremony at the Crescent Park/Looff Carousel Sunday, Nov. 30. The following is a gallery of photos from the Carousel and the surrounding area.

EAST PROVIDENCE — Working East Providence, a coalition of the public and private labor organizations and their members who reside in the city, recently gathered at the East Providence Education Association office on Waterman Avenue to perform what it hopes to become annual charitable offerings. This year Working East Providence delivered to 35 needed families…

To the editor: “And laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.” (Luke 2:7 ) I am sure that if Mary and Joseph came to Barrington, they would have no trouble finding suitable accommodations. Churches would open their doors wide, even vie for the opportunity to host the…

EAST PROVIDENCE — The holiday tree lighting season and appearance by “Santa Claus” locally began in earnest last weekend with the annual Crescent Park/Looff Carousel event held Saturday, Nov. 30. Santa arrived to the Carousel by escort of the East Providence Fire Department. The Carousel Commission oversaw the event, which included the tree lighting and…

Let’s get this straight once and for all. There is no “War on Christmas,” real, imagined or otherwise. The alleged assault on the holiday is a product of talk radio and cable news networks. It’s their way of creating controversy, inflating ratings and driving yet another wedge between us. How else could either medium survive…

Students at Roger Williams University are doing their part to make Christmas a little bit better for some Bristol families this year. The RWU Student Volunteer Association is conducting a “giving tree” program that will benefit six low-income families from Bristol. More than 25 students in the association received the wish list items from the families…

ATLUS and ACE Team today revealed that the Steam-exclusive PC version of Rock of Ages would ring in the holidays and the new year with a Christmas content update. The holiday-themed content includes an all-new Snowman’s Head boulder skin (for both online and local use), permanently unlocks all defensive units for all maps, and introduces a…